Gate.



PATENTED NOV. 29, 1904.

J. DUNFORD.

GATE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 25, 1904.

N0 MODEL.

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GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 776,388, dated November29, 1904.

Application filed May 25, 1904. Serial No. 209,753- (No model.) i

T 0 CLZZ whom, it nuty concern:

Be it known that I, JosnrH DUNFORD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Canton, in the county of Fillmore and State of Min- 5nesota, have invented a new and useful Gate,

of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to gates of the type which swing in a verticalplane from an open to a closed position, and has for its object to IOproduce a comparatively simple inexpensive device of this characterwhich may be readily transported from place to place and set up for use,and one in which the pivoting members and operating devices may bereadily 5 applied to various gates now in general use.

3 spaced uprights or standards a, secured in place by vertical lag-bolts5, which extend through the frame 1 and enter from beneath the lowerends of the standards, the latter being further sustained by braces 6and pro- 35 vided at their upper ends each with a pair of spaced bearingears or portions 7.

The gate 8, which may be of the usual or any appropriate construction,has detachably connected to its rear end a pair of oppositely- 4disposed pivoting members 9, having, re-

spectively, outwardly-projecting conical portions 10, terminating attheir outer ends in reduced bearing-trunnions 11, which enterbearing-openings 12, formed in suitable bear- 45 ing members or ears13,disposed, respectively,

upon opposite sides of the gate and detachably connected by screws orotherwise to one of the beams 2, there being produced be- 'tween theconical portions 10 and reduced portions 11 of the pivoting membersbearingshoulders 14, which bear against the adjacent inner faces of themembers 13 to prevent transverse movement of the gate. The pivotingmembers 9, which, as before stated, are arranged on opposite sides ofthe gate, terminate at their inner ends in outstanding flanges 9,arranged in alinement one with the other and perforated at intervals forthe reception of through-bolts 10, which pass transversely through thegate and serve as a common means for attaching both of the bearingmembers thereto, it being observed that by this construction the flanges9, which present extended bearing surfaces, are mutually braced andstrengthened through the medium of the connecting-bolts. The outer endsof the bearing-trunnions 11 are perforated, as at 15, for the receptionof the ends of bracing wires or elements 16, the other ends of whichlatter are connected by a through-bolt 17, extend ed through the gateand serving as a common means for attaching to the latter the pair ofbraces 16, which are disposed, respectively, upon opposite sides of thegate. It is to be particularly noted that these braces receive andtransmit to the pivoting members any transverse strains to which thegate may be subjected by lateral pressure on its outer or forward endand strengthen the pivoting members for adequately withstanding suchstrains.

Pivotally connected at their lower ends with the gate at a suitableadjacent point to the pivot of the latter is a pair of links 18,arranged, respectively, on opposite sides of the gate and pivotallyconnected at their upper ends with operating-levers 19, pivoted,respectively, to the standards 1 between the space-bearing portions 7.

In practice, supposing the gate to be closed, downward traction upon theouter end of one of the levers 19 serves through the medium of thecorresponding link 18 to swing the gate on its pivot in a vertical planeto open position, when the gate may be returned to closed position in asimilar manner by downward movement of the outer end of one of thelevers. During the opening and closing of the gate the latter willtravel smoothly and evenly, owing to the shoulders 14 bearing againstthe adjacent faces of the members 13 and to the outer ends of thepivoting members 9 being connected by the braces 16 with the gate.Furthermore, it is obvious that the supporting-frame 1 may be readilytransported from place to place and set up at any desired point and thatowing to the pivoting devices and gate-operating mechanism beingdetachably connected with and in no wise affected in operation by theconstruction of the gate they may be readily applied to many of thevarious types of gates now in general use.

From the foregoing it will be seen that a simple inexpensive deviceadmirably adapted for the attainment of the ends in view is pro duced,it being understood, however, that minor changes in the details ofconstruction herein set forth may be resorted to without departing fromthe spirit of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. Thecombination with a support, of bearing members carried thereby, a gate,pivoting members carried by the gate and projecting therefrom forengagement with the bearing members, and braces connected with the gateand engaged with the outer ends of the pivoting members at points beyondthe outer faces of the bearing members.

2. The combination with a support, of bearing members carried thereby, agate, pivoting members carried by the gate and projecting from thelatter for engagement with the bearing members, the pivoting membersbeing perforated adjacent to their outer ends at points beyond the outerfaces of the bearing members, and braces engaging the perfora tions andconnected with the gate.

3. The combination with a support, of hearing members carried thereby, agate, pivoting members arranged upon opposite sides of the gate andprojecting therefrom for engagement with the bearing members, saidpivoting members terminating at their inner ends in oppositely-disposedflanges, and throughbolts extended through the gate and flanges andserving as a common means for attaching the pivoting members to thegate.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH DUN FORD.

Witnesses:

P. WV. YOUNG, J. P. ERNSTER.

